Around the Neighborhood – Ugly structures

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These structures stand on the site of afore-mentioned “The Club“. The water tower has been there for some time and I could easily tolerate it because is has an interesting, rounded shape. But then it started to sprout antennae! And to add insult to injury an entirely new, and particularly ugly new tower has appeared. What I find especially curious about this one is the way that they try to disguise it as some kind of giant Christmas tree. Honestly, who do they think they are fooling?

Taken with a Fuji X-E3 and Fuji XF 55-200mm f3.5-4.8 R LM OIS

Around the Neighborhood – Some black and whites

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These were taken around “The Club“, a relatively recently opened “seniors community” in Briarcliff Manor. “The Club” is situated on the site of the former Briarcliff Lodge, a once popular resort hotel once frequented by a number of celebrities. Unfortunately, after being abandoned for some time it burnt down around 2003.

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Taken with a Fuji X-E1 and Fuji XC 16-50mm f3.5-5.6 OSS II